The 2020 Donald J. Trump Participation Trophy Bill would award every U.S. citizen who survived the year with a luxurious faux-gold leaf trophy suitable for display on bookshelves, coffee tables, or homemade shrines.
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Location: Lincoln, NH
Date: 12/31/20
A nice way to close out the year. Pull into Loon Mountain and hook a left. The parking leaves a bit to be desired, so you might want to go early. This is a 2.3 mile loop, half of which runs along the river.
Location: Wells River, in Wells River, VT
Date: 11/16/20
I had hoped it would have a bit of ice around it, but apparently a river needs more than a couple of days in the 20s to get all arrrrg, ice. Soon. This is just above our house. Great white water kayaking spot in the spring, or any time a hurricane meanders through.
Where: Big Deer Mountain, Groton, Vermont
When: 11/11/20
Yeah, I did some hiking last week. Great weather, and had to get it in before pew pew pew. This is Big Deer Mountain. Basically start at New Discovery SP and head to Peacham, then hook a right. I tried this last winter, but three feet of snow heading up the mountain stopped me. Thank God. This is about a mile and half out to the base, then .5 miles pretty much straight up. I think the overlook is Lake Groton, although there are a bunch of lakes up there… need to confirm with a map.
Where: Kinder Memorial Forest Castello Trail, North Haverhill, NH
When: 11/9/20
OK, I have to admit, I was a bit leery of the power lines. Let’s go hiking, have our hair stand on end, receive radio stations through our fillings. Great hike though, although the lower loop is still a bit of a mystery. You actually cut through the power line corridor, but most of the trail is wooded, an easy grade. H/t to North Haverhill – well maintained trail, and a lot of fun.
Where: Profile Lake, Franconia Notch, NH
When: 11/7/20
So, you go to Profile Lake in the White Mountains and you take a picture of where the Old Man used to be, before he de-faced. Yeah, not so much. This is the lake that he watched over. We headed up to hike a short trail that apparently started atop Cannon Mountain. A bit much for that day. So, hike around Profile Lake. Great day!
Location: Peacham Bog, Groton, Vermont
Date: 10/19/20
A bit of a hike to get here, but Peacham Bog is worth a visit any time of the year. The signage (and tree over the trail) give one just a little pause as you step out onto the boardwalk over what – one imagines – is the peat equivalent of quicksand, but we’re all a bit tattered at the end of the season, no?
Location: Lake Groton, Groton, Vermont
Date: 9/29/20
This was very close to peak, taken at Stillwater. The boat to the right is actually a local lobsterman off to check his traps. Once again, they will be empty, but a resilient breed are those Vermont lobstermen, and tomorrow is another day. Owl Mountain is in the background.
Location: Wright’s Mountain, Bradford, Vermont
Date: 10/12/20
Definitely on the back side of peak, although still quite a bit of color out there. Nice short climb from the trailhead up to the overlook, about 1.6 miles. The hike is categorized as Easy, and I’m sure the grandmother and two small children who went skipping by me as I labored my way up it would concur.
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If you’ve tended a Facebook business page for any length of time, it’s a fact that you’re probably quite aware of: organic reach on Facebook, to be blunt, sucks, and has been doing so for a while now. There are a number of things you can do to try and turn this around, but first (for the uninitiated):
Organic reach is defined as the number of users who see your content when they check out their newsfeed or your page. Think of organic reach as non-paid exposure, as opposed to paid reach, such as with advertising. It used to be that when people liked your page, a significant percentage of them, via their newsfeed, would see much of what you posted. This free exposure has been getting more and more scarce for a number of reasons (*cough* Facebook makes money off ads *cough*), to the point where it may seem that the only way to get exposure for your posts these days is to throw money at the problem in the form of post boosts (we’ll take a look at Facebook advertising in a future post).
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